Experienced Competetion Drivers..., What did this guy do wrong? Options

[MikeInMunich]

Hey Guys! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif)

I can't figure out what happened in this crash, which you may or may not have seen on You Tube. You can easily find it by searching "914 Accident".

Here is the URL: https://youtu.be/BHYYlTZIZQ4

I estimate that in the video the guy covers about 125m in 3 seconds (while sliding), which is 2500 per minute...150 km/hr or 91 mph. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

So he's going into a curve which isn't sharp at just under 100 MPH with nearly optimum tires and suspension, and he loses it. I can't speak from experience at all here. I've never been in a curve at that speed, athough I can say that my car, with 195-50 Goodrich G-Force Sport Comps (HIGHLY recommend, by the way, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)) front AND rear sway bars and Bilstine performance struts, can easily handle much sharper turns (exit ramps) at about 60 MPH with no problem. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

I'm interested in hearing opinions of what happened here and why he seems to have not counter steered at all to regain control. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Looking forward to your comments, opinions and insights! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

Thanks!

By the way, anybody heading over to Munich for the Oktoberfest? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

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M.i.M.

[jmitro]

watching the video closely, one can see the rear end is loose before he even gets to the spectators

[horizontally-opposed]

watching the video closely, one can see the rear end is loose before he even gets to the spectators

Yes, but we don't know when the driver saw the photographer—or if that's when things went awry. We need another 1-4 seconds of footage on the front end of this to have a better idea of what happened from our armchairs...

[ConeDodger]

watching the video closely, one can see the rear end is loose before he even gets to the spectators

Yes, but we don't know when the driver saw the photographer—or if that's when things went awry. We need another 1-4 seconds of footage on the front end of this to have a better idea of what happened from our armchairs...

Pete, that corner is literally a few hundred yards after the start. So, there can only be a few seconds more footage.

He hits two boulders. First he scraps one along the side then head on into one in front. The one is just a few feet from the other so the impact is almost simultaneous.

[horizontally-opposed]

Pete, that corner is literally a few hundred yards after the start. So, there can only be a few seconds more footage.

Good point—but I'm not gonna say the photographer wasn't a contributing factor without seeing another 2-5 seconds of footage on the front end of this. Of course, it's still on the driver, but...I am not sure that wouldn't have caused me a bobble if I saw the bystander doing what that one did out of pure concern for his life—and my sleep that night.